What has happened to Christmas carols?

9:01 PM,
Dec. 18, 2013

Warren Ward

Written by

Warren G. Ward
Guest Columnist

The season is nearing. Perhaps your workplace or school is having a holiday party. Perhaps there will be singing at the holiday party, but will there be Christmas carols? What happened to Christmas?

5 U.S.C. Section 6103 specifies Christmas Day, Dec. 25, as one of 10 federally recognized legal public holidays. Merchants clamor for shoppers beginning on "Black Friday" to form a substantial portion of their annual bottom line. Since the holiday is codified in U.S. law with merchants and shoppers eagerly anticipating the season, why is Christmas under assault in this land?